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Title: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: AirTime on September 11, 2013, 03:03:32 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-BROWN-MELOPHONE-WHEATSTONE-JEFFRIES-LACHENAL-ACCORDION-CONCERTINA-GUITAR-RARE-/271275291650?hash=item3f29447402
Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: BJG on September 11, 2013, 03:14:56 PM
That's pretty cool, kind of early precursor of the Ztar.

(http://www.starrlabs.com/image/cache/data/ztars/z6/920px_z6_noS-inStock-lead-web-920x350.jpg)

(http://antiquitymusic.com/store/image/cache/data/Brown%20and%20Leclerc%20Melophone/IMG_0039-1024x768.JPG)
Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: EastAnglianTed on September 11, 2013, 03:50:27 PM
     Genuinely what is this piece of kit? Some sort of Gurdy or something?
Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: BJG on September 11, 2013, 04:05:53 PM
Gurdy? No! It's a melophone.

(Honestly, reminds me of someone coming up after a gurdy recital and remarking, "I didn't know it had reeds...")  ;)
Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: EastAnglianTed on September 11, 2013, 04:07:27 PM
Gurdy? No! It's a melophone.

(Honestly, reminds me of someone coming up after a gurdy recital and remarking, "I didn't know it had reeds...")  ;)

    I am a complete pillock you know  ;)
Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: Tamba on September 11, 2013, 04:51:05 PM
Good description etc. here
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/501776 (http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/501776)

Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: AirTime on September 11, 2013, 04:56:17 PM
So is this an actual, rare, bona fide "collectors piece" - unlike, for instance, the "rare" old Hohners so often listed on EBay?!

The Met has a pretty interesting collection of early free-reed instruments on display, all of which are quite odd-looking.
Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: oggiesnr on September 11, 2013, 09:53:24 PM
So is this an actual, rare, bona fide "collectors piece" - unlike, for instance, the "rare" old Hohners so often listed on EBay?!

Yes, only ever seen one before and that was in a museum.

Steve
Title: Re: Is it a melodeon, a guitar ... a phone?
Post by: Ollie on September 16, 2013, 03:41:46 PM
I've never seen one, other than at the musical instrument gallery at the Horniman Museum in London. Here's a bit more info - http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2008/02/melophone.html
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